Comments on: Brooks Swift Saddle Review http://bicycleseatreviews.com/brooks-swift-saddle-review/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: HS Romanow http://bicycleseatreviews.com/brooks-swift-saddle-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 HS Romanow Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:28 +0000 http://bicycleseatreviews.com/?p=1706#comment-3238 I've ridden this saddle for over 7 years (same saddle!). They last forever if you take care of them, which includes avoiding too much water (get a cover for the rain, tightening properly and using the conditioning cream that comes with the saddle. I can say it is the most comfortable saddle I've ever used. It's great on short and long rides, climbs, descents, rollers and flats. The saddle does take about 400 to 600 miles to really break in. However, a few words of advice. Get the Brooks model that fits your body and riding type. Many shops will let you try a few, just wrap the rails. B-17 works well for some, Professional and Swift or Swallow for others. If you have your bike re-fitted and the saddle position changes, it will indeed feel different and will have to re-break in. Some have recommended replacing the saddle at that point. Also, the Swift (and I think other models) have a very short fore-aft adjustment room. Much shorter than Selle Italia, Fizik, etc. You may have to invest in a seatpost with some compensating setback. I had to do this after a refit (due to some injuries that resulted from an accident). If you are concerned about the weight of your bike and count every gram, than other options are out there. This is a relatively heavy saddle. All in all you can't go wrong with a Brooks. Cheers. I’ve ridden this saddle for over 7 years (same saddle!). They last forever if you take care of them, which includes avoiding too much water (get a cover for the rain, tightening properly and using the conditioning cream that comes with the saddle.

I can say it is the most comfortable saddle I’ve ever used. It’s great on short and long rides, climbs, descents, rollers and flats. The saddle does take about 400 to 600 miles to really break in.

However, a few words of advice. Get the Brooks model that fits your body and riding type. Many shops will let you try a few, just wrap the rails. B-17 works well for some, Professional and Swift or Swallow for others. If you have your bike re-fitted and the saddle position changes, it will indeed feel different and will have to re-break in. Some have recommended replacing the saddle at that point. Also, the Swift (and I think other models) have a very short fore-aft adjustment room. Much shorter than Selle Italia, Fizik, etc. You may have to invest in a seatpost with some compensating setback. I had to do this after a refit (due to some injuries that resulted from an accident).

If you are concerned about the weight of your bike and count every gram, than other options are out there. This is a relatively heavy saddle.

All in all you can’t go wrong with a Brooks.

Cheers.

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